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Committee advances bill requiring coverage of portable HEPA purifiers for vulnerable Californians during wildfire emergencies

3427141 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

AB 546 would require health care service plans to cover effective portable HEPA purifiers for people who are pregnant or diagnosed with respiratory disease and living in areas declared under a wildfire emergency; sponsors cited small state cost and large projected medical-cost savings from reduced hospitalizations.

Assemblymember Closa presented AB 546, which would require health care service plans to provide coverage for effective portable HEPA air purifiers for specified vulnerable enrollees when their area is under a wildfire emergency declaration.

Closa described the January wildfires in…

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